NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
Across
1 Wall Street index, for short 6 Things in jewel cases [ 3] 9 Vena ___ ( major vessel) 13 County north of Limerick 14 Painter Paul [ 11] 15 Patron saint of Norway 16 Witch hazel or bay rum 18 Scrapped, to NASA 19 Cry from Scrooge 20 Hindu ascetics 21 Gloomy 22 Bird- related 24 Book borrower’s penalty [ 5] 26 Green Monster’s ballpark 28 Wenders who directed “Buena Vista Social Club” 29 “Last one ___ a rotten egg!” 30 Marmalade bit 34 Pear variety 38 Diner cupful, slangily 39 Some trackgoers [ 18] 41 Eur. distance measures 42 “How about that!” 44 Capital of 26- Down [ 21] 45 Scottish hillside 46 What A. L. pitchers normally don’t do 48 Interior designs 50 Classroom surprise [ 15][ 16] 54 Muscular strength 55 Off in the distance 56 Curator’s workplace 58 Fleur- de-___ 61 Citrus named for its appearance 62 Line of upscale German autos [ 23] 64 Bausch & ___ ( lens maker) 65 “Buy It Now” site 66 Salvage ship’s detection system 67 Fruity quaffs 68 Sleazy newspaper 69 Euphoric states [ 8][ 7]
Down
1 Persona non grata to a striker [ 1] 2 Letter before bravo 3 Hawthorne who created Hester Prynne 4 Rap’s Dr. ___ 5 Shah’s domain until 1935 6 Chowder flavor 7 He “made me do it,” with “the” [ 4] 8 Like games with several lead changes 9 Mark for demolition [ 13] 10 Distant 11 Like the description “somewhere in the U. S.” 12 Prior to, poetically 14 Wrathful “Star Trek” villain 17 Patrick of “Dirty Dancing” [ 25] 23 Golfs, e. g. [ 22] 25 Aunts, in Andalusia 26 Part of Oceania [ 9] 27 Hydroxyl group compound [ 14] 31 “StarWars” extras, for short 32 Early Beatle Sutcliffe [ 19][ 20] 33 “Mazel ___!” 35 Creator of Hogwarts [ 10] 36 Stickup man on “TheWire” 37 Plays for a sap 39 Steady guy 40 Wheel spoke, essentially 43 Pitmaster’s offering [ 17] 45 Pre- A. D. [ 2] 47 Cry before a fall 49 Catch in a web 50 TV journalist Zahn 51 Act ___ [ 6] 52 ___ d’Or ( Cannes award) [ 12] 53 Fitness program done to Latin music 54 Like Playboy models [ 24] 57 ___ bag ( event handout) 59 “You betcha!” 60 They became independent in 1991: Abbr. 63 Le ___ Soleil ( Louis XIV)